Not too late to make dinner plans for Valentine’s Day

Love is literally in the air at Madisons New York Grill & Bar in Boca Raton, as they offer Valentine's Day specials. (Thomas Cordy / The Palm Beach Post)

Romance in Palm Beach County is dead.

Love is literally in the air at Madisons New York Grill & Bar in Boca Raton, as they offer Valentine’s Day specials. (Thomas Cordy / The Palm Beach Post)

Or maybe it’s alive and well. It all depends on how you judge reader response.

We asked Palm Beach Post readers to tell us about their favorite spot for romantic dining — and the replies were few and underwhelming. We’d prefer to believe that romance is so rampant here that it no longer requires special-occasion recognition.

That said, local eateries are downright convinced that we all love romance. To wit: the Valentine’s Day menu.

If you choose to celebrate, with or without a valentine, here are some options.

III FORKS STEAKHOUSE

4645 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens

561-630-3660

The 2015 Sweetheart Menu ($155 per couple) includes two 6-ounce filet mignon and two 6-ounce lobster tails, served with whipped potatoes, sugar snap peas, off the cob cream corn, vine-ripened tomatoes and spring onions. A chocolate dessert finishes things off.

Going beyond a Valentine’s Day menu of always on-point French fare, Pistache will also feature a kissing booth, “aphrodisiac” potion shots, and Champagne poured from 6-liter bottles to go with a three-course menu. The menu ($75 a person) offers a choice from a host of appetizers, salads and entrees that include seabass, duck and Beef Bourguignon. Five desserts are available including a flourless chocolate, hazelnut and almond cake.

BISTRO TEN ZERO ONE

(Inside the West Palm Beach Marriott)

1001 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach

561-833-1234

A menu for two for a fixed $120 includes cChampagne and a four-course meal. It is offered from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, and they encourage making reservations by calling the restaurant or by going online to OpenTable.com. The menu includes a choice of appetizers, a salad and entrees such as filet mignon or pan-roasted local grouper. A warm chocolate lava cake or heart-shaped red velvet cake is dessert.

DEEP BLU SEAFOOD GRILLE

(In the Wyndham Grand Jupiter at Harbourside Place)

A special menu includes scallops with passion fruit crudo and crispy challots, a baby red oak salad with roasted baby beets, grapefruit and ricotta, and a choice of Asian-style salmon or a 6-ounce filet au poivre. A chocolate mousse pyramid or raspberry sorbet is dessert.

MADISONS NEW YORK GRILL & BAR

2006 NW Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton

561-994-0808

A steak, seafood and rib menu is the highlight of this Valentine’s Day-only feature. Special appetizers, salads, and entrees that include a veal chop or whole Maine lobster are the heart of this menu.

TWENTY TWENTY GRILLE

141 Via Naranja #45, Boca Raton

561-990-7969

A dinner for two ($190 per couple) includes a four-course meal in an intimate and romantic setting. There are choices of two appetizers, two salads, three entrees — including a dry-rubbed skirt steak, lump crab cakes — and dessert.

FARMHOUSE KITCHEN

399 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton

561-826-2625

Gary Rack’s restaurant will feature a four-course Valentine’s Day menu for $80 per couple. There is a choice of appetizer, soup, salad and entrees that include beef short ribs and apple cider-glazed salmon. Each couple gets a bottle of Wente cabernet sauvignon.